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Toyota, SoftBank fund, Denso invest $1 billion in Uber

Japan's top automaker Toyota, auto parts maker Denso and internet company SoftBank's investment fund are investing $1 billion ...

Eun-Hee Ji takes 2-stroke lead in Lotte Championship

Eun-Hee Ji rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 18th with a pitch-in eagle on the par-5 first and shot a 7-under 65 to take ...

Asian stocks rise in quiet holiday trading

Asian stock indexes rose moderately in quiet holiday trading on Good Friday as some markets were closed. Japan's benchmark ...

Donald Trump, Shinzo Abe

President Trump to visit Japan in late May, meet new emperor

President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will make a state visit to Japan at the end of May to meet the newly enthroned ...

Japanese father, son appear in Las Vegas in $1.5B fraud case

Two former investment executives from Japan pleaded not guilty in Las Vegas on Thursday to criminal fraud charges in what ...

Ireland's Lowry on top after first round of RBC Heritage

Shane Lowry was convinced his game was on the rise, despite his poor scoring. He finally showed that Thursday in the RBC ...

Pentagon confirms NK test launch, says not ballistic missile

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is confirming that North Korea conducted a test launch on Wednesday, but he ...

US wins WTO case against China over grain exports

The World Trade Organization handed the United States a win Thursday in a trade dispute with China, ruling that Beijing did ...

NKorea says it tested new weapon, wants Pompeo out of talks

North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of "tactical guided weapon," its first such test in nearly half ...

6.1 quake causes light damage in Taiwan capital, east coast

A strong earthquake shook eastern Taiwan on Thursday afternoon, causing scattered light damage in the capital and along the ...

Kremlin says Kim Jong Un will visit Russia this month

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia later this month, the Kremlin said Thursday, in a meeting that offers ...

Global stocks subdued as investors eye earnings, data

Stock markets were subdued Thursday as investors digested corporate earnings reports and mixed economic data, with some ...

Nissan ex-chair Ghosn appeal on extended detention rejected

Japan's top court said Thursday it has rejected an appeal by former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's lawyers against his ...

Earth, meet Polo: Ralph Lauren unveils plastic bottle shirt

Earth, meet Polo. Polo Ralph Lauren on Thursday launched a version of its iconic polo shirt made entirely of recycled plastic ...

Kosuke Kitajima

Ticket sales: The least understood side of the Olympics

It's Olympic ticket sales time again, perhaps the least understood side of the games. "Time flies," said Kosuke Kitajima, a ...

Akihito

Emperor performs ritual to report abdication to Shinto gods

Emperor Akihito prayed at a Japanese shrine Thursday in a ritual to report his upcoming abdication to the Shinto gods.

Asian stocks sink after Wall Street declines

Asian stocks fell Thursday after Wall Street declined despite encouraging Chinese economic data. Benchmarks in Shanghai, ...

Richard Suen

Vegas Sands report suggests settlement amount in Macau case

Financial documents suggested Wednesday that Las Vegas Sands Corp. paid $96 million to settle a 15-year breach-of-contract ...

Nissan ex-chair Ghosn's wife fears his trial may be unfair

The wife of Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan and Renault, said Wednesday she is worried whether her husband, ...

Container Ships

US trade deficit narrows to $49.4 billion in February

The U.S. trade deficit fell for the second straight month in February, and the politically sensitive deficit in the trade of ...